What are your favorite things about FFXIV?

[Daniolaut]

As the title says.

It can be as little, or as many items/content/whatever you want to mention.

A lot of people think I hate XIV simply because I see it has a whole lot of room to grow and improve. Even small things like adding the auto-hide chat log, which was in version 1.0 as well as in FFXI, which I also play. To allowing us the option to turn off the "you are here" black box notification that is insistent on telling you every 5 seconds where you are and what you're doing.

So, what is it that you enjoy most about FFXIV in its current state?

It can be something that was added in a previous patch or something in the current patch or anything at all, and as many items as you like.


Here is my rather long list of things:


-The Crafting system/mini game.

I feel the crafting system is the strongest part of FFXIV. It makes crafting involving and enjoyable. I find no enjoyment from other MMO systems where you just get a bunch of items and just watch the same tired animation over and over. It doesnt feel like I'm actually doing anything. The FFXIV system feels like I'm actually making something.

-The Materia system (its the last thing that even slightly resembles character development)
-The First Binding Coil of Bahamut raid design. (it would have been perfect if they threw a treasure chest with materia or some gil at the end of turn 3.)
-The Zodiac Relic weapon questline
-Almost all trial bosses
-Battlecraft leves, especially large-scale ones.
-The character creation system. (I actually like that its rather limited. People cant make absurdly looking nonsense like you find in most MMO games where they max out every single slider and the character looks deformed.)
-Treasure Hunts (aka maps.)
-Crafting leves
-Fieldcraft leves
-Grand Company seals and equipment
-Grand Company quests
-Dzemael Darkhold
-The Aurum Vale
-The 5.0 story line
-The 4.0 story line
-The 2.0 story line
-The Golden saucer mini games.
-Palace of the Dead (Especially solo)
-Heaven on High (Especially solo)
-Trial roulette
-Normal Raid roulette
-The Hunt (open world monster battles B/A/S Rank mobs)
-Underwater Spearfishing
-Veteran rewards
-Achievements rewards
-Level 50 items unique traits such as durability loss %, Spiritbond %, gear set bonus, Sanction bonus, etc.
-Eureka (Especially anything after Anemos)
-The moogle tome system (Not because it makes you do old content, but because it feels like XIV is trying to reward you for actually playing/being active.)
-FATEs .... kinda... they could be significantly better, but I just really enjoy open world content.
-Frontline The Fields of Glory Shatter.
-The Challenge log
-The hunting log
-Grand Company Supply missions
-Grand Company provision missions
-Blue Mage open world leveling
-The Share Fates/Bi-color Gems system


Certain Zone designs:
-The Lochs
-The Tempest
-The Fringes
-Il Mheg ... kind of...
-Southern Thanalan
-Upper La Noscea (Especially once flying was added. Would be great if there was a boat cutscene for when you travel across that amazing lake.)
-The Dravanian Hinterlands

-The Doman Enclave (And the donation box.)
-The Grand company rank system
-The Free Company chest
-The Armoire
-The Inn Room cutscene (so glad they actually re-added it. I just wish there was a "Feather bed" housing item that gave the same scene.)
-Gardening


I'm sure I'm forgetting things as the game has a lot of things that have been added and never expanded on, so its difficult to remember things that were part of only a specific expansion. I also do a lot of different things so its hard to remember everything I do or have done and enjoyed.

What is your favorite things??

Hopefully this type of thread wont get horrible backlash and the Dev's might actually appreciate it and actually understand whats good and whats appreciated? I will just have to see.

[MPK]

Not Bozja and not this community that's for sure.

[Daniolaut]

Not Bozja and not this community that's for sure.

Thats not very many things then!

The wonderful news is, Bozja is optional, and you can complete most all the story solo, so you really dont have to interact with the community often!

That leaves everything else! So you have plenty to enjoy it seems!

That potentially could be misleading. I personally see where both Bozja and the community can improve and should improve. But what I was implying is since things are likely to not be done about it, your best bet is to minimize negative impact. That was what this statement implied. Best of luck!


Also how foolish of me. I completely forgot chocobos! I for sure like the chocobo mounts! They arent too large or too small to crowd the screen or look ridiculous. I have tried to get every version of a chocobo as a mount, but some are not obtained in natural ways, like the new mogstation chocobo carriage. I dont have that one.

[Theodric]

Midlander and Raen/Xaela men.

[RajNish]

Incredible story and narrative. It's really awesome.

[Lium]

Incredible story and narrative. It's really awesome.

This. /10char

[Lauront]

The Ascians and the Garleans, and elements of their storylines.

[NanaWiloh]

Crafting, Story and the funny yet sometimes questionable acts happening in limsa

[Anienai]

Fav things:

Chief Admiral Merlwyb Bloefhiswyn
Roegadyns
Fell Cleave
Inner Release
Nascent Flash
Trick Attack
My glamour chest

[Archaic-Antiquarian]

Minions and my companion, I adore mine.
I like being part of the story.
I too love Aurum Vale, the most amusing times have been spent there. Especially when the new healer tells the new tank to pull everything. Glorious moments ensue.
Emet-Selch



I dislike the frog suit the most.